Classy Classes: CS 54N, Great Ideas in Computer Science Hannah Knowles November 2, 2015 0 Comments While most computer science classes focus on practical skills, CS 54N: “Great Ideas in Computer Science” explores the subject’s history and intellectual foundations. Read More »
Classy Classes: ENGLISH 190T.2, ‘Novel Writing Intensive’ Hannah Knowles October 25, 2015 0 Comments After five weeks of preparatory work, students in ENGLISH 190T.2: “Novel Writing Intensive” are poised to start writing and finish a novel in a single month — a daunting goal that will require... Read More »
Classy Classes: FRENLANG 60E cooks up French cuisine Hannah Knowles October 19, 2015 0 Comments Dishes like fish provencal and chicken breast roulade may sound intimidating to the novice cook, but FRENLANG 60E: “French Cooking” makes fine food accessible to students looking to develop their... Read More »
Classy Classes: EARTHSYS 180B explores the farm at The Farm and PHOTO GALLERY Hannah Knowles October 12, 2015 0 Comments EARTHSYS 180B, “Principles and Practices of Sustainable Agriculture,” takes students outdoors to Stanford’s Educational Farm, for a hands-on environmental studies experience where they learn... Read More »
Professors experiment with flipped classroom model Hannah Knowles October 9, 2015 0 Comments Though new Stanford classes continue to adopt the “flipped” model every year, many teachers who have experience with this model have now settled on a hybrid between flipped and traditional methods... Read More »
Office of Community Standards revisits Honor Code education Hannah Knowles October 4, 2015 0 Comments The Office of Community Standards (OCS) has followed up on a special Internal Review Panel (IRP) report released last fall by working with specially created Board of Judicial Affairs (BJA) committees... Read More »
Classy Classes: ARTSTUDI 173E and the art of cell phone photography Hannah Knowles October 4, 2015 0 Comments In ARTSTUDI 173E: “Cell Phone Photography,” students learn far more than how to perfect their selfies and sunset shots. Through both creating and critically examining digital images, students... Read More »
Stanford researchers engineer tobacco plant to produce cancer drug precursor Hannah Knowles September 28, 2015 1 Comment Stanford researchers have engineered the easy-to-grow plant tobacco to produce small amounts of a starting chemical or “precursor” on which a particular cancer drug is based – one normally... Read More »
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